Nine Players Honored With All-Ivy League Softball Status

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Nine members of the Harvard
softball team, more than any other squad in the Ancient Eight, have
been awarded All-Ivy League status, the league announced Friday.

Sophomore pitcher Rachel Brown earned her second straight
first-team selection, one of two unanimous first-team nods for
Harvard. Brown led the league in a number of categories, including
strikeouts (233), appearances (34), shutouts (eight), opponent
batting average (.178) and earned-run average (1.37). Classmate
Whitney Shaw, the Crimson’s first baseman, also garnered a
unanimous first-team bid after leading the league with 13 home runs
and driving in 42 runs on the season. Junior second baseman Ellen
Macadam rounded out Harvard’s first-team selections, pacing
the Crimson with a .365 batting average in 2010.

Senior pitcher Margaux Black earned her first All-Ivy accolade
as one of two pitchers named to the second team. After receiving
All-Ivy honorable mention nods in her first three seasons, senior
third baseman Melissa Schellberg received second-team accolades in
2010. Senior outfielder Jennifer Francis picked up a second-team
nod, her third league award in her career.